For this exercise I was to find a strong bold colour and photographs it at varying exposures, from bright to dark, varying the aperture by have to stop each time. The results of this can be seen below
As you can see from the progression of the images, as the aperture gets smaller, brightness reduces leading to the colour deepening, darkens. There is no effect on the hue (ie the red does not change to a different value on the spectrum) or saturation (ie the red does not move closer to monochrome)
Reflection.
Colour on the face of it is simple. It is something that we learn in nursery school and have pretty much mastered by the age of three. Except it isn't that simple. There are so many factors that will affect the quality of a colour and how it looks to the viewer. For instance computer video hardware is categorised be the “millions” of different colours it can display so think about the Mk1 analogue eyeball and how many more colours it can send to your brain.
Since I began studying photography I have struggled with the concept of colour at every level. Some people seem to just have a knack for it and how to use it in their images. As I go through this part of the module hopefully something will snap into place and I will start to feel more comfortable with the subject.